Claim · #6493231
Aphis gossypii · pest pressure · Capsicum frutescens
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“highly infested food plants were … Capsicum frutescens L.”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 97
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aphis gossypii is a well-documented polyphagous pest of Capsicum spp.; source quote directly names Capsicum frutescens as a highly infested host, consistent with all structured fields.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Aphis gossypii is a well-documented polyphagous aphid pest of Capsicum spp.; source quote directly supports the 'high severity' infestation claim on foliage.”
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